Recent progress on the realization of chalcogenides Photonic Crystal Fibers

Laurent Brilland (1) , Patrick Houizot (2) , Johann Troles (2) , Frédéric Désévédavy (2) , Quentin Coulombier (2) , Julien Fatome (3) , C. Fortier (4) , F. Smektala (4) , Khalida Messaad (5) , B. Kibler , S. Pitois (4) , G. Gadret (4) , C. Finot (4) , Thanh Nam Nguyen (5) , Thierry Chartier (5) , Monique Thual (5) , G. Renversez (6) , Nicholas Traynor (7) , Jean-Luc Adam (2)

1 PERFOS - Plate-Forme d'Etudes et de Recherche sur les Fibres Optiques Spéciales
2 ISCR - Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes
3 SLCO
4 ICB - Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne
5 FOTON - Fonctions Optiques pour les Technologies de l'informatiON
6 FRESNEL - Institut FRESNEL
7 Perfos - Plate-Forme d'Etudes et de Recherche sur les Fibres Optiques Spéciales

In this work, we review recent progress on the realization of chalcogenides Photonic Crystal Fibers (PCFs). We present the fabrication of chalcogenide PCFs with a solid core for three different glass compositions containing a variety of chalcogens. We show that the Stack and Draw technique currently used for silica PCFs can be problematic in the case of chalcogenides glasses. We present correct PCF design enables a significant improvement of final fiber losses. We obtained a lowest attenuation of 3 dB/m at 1.55 µm, of 4.5 dB/m at 3.39 µm and 6 dB/m at 9.3 µm. We also present experimental demonstration of self phase modulation spectral broadening around 1,55 µm. Moreover, we investigate the Brillouin and Raman scattering properties of a GeSbS PCF.

Domaines: Optique / photonique

Laurent Brilland, Patrick Houizot, Johann Troles, Frédéric Désévédavy, Quentin Coulombier, et al.. Recent progress on the realization of chalcogenides Photonic Crystal Fibers. SPIE Photonics West 2009 - Optoelectronic Materials, Devices, and Applications (OPTO 2009), 2009, San José (CA), United States. pp.72120F, ⟨10.1117/12.815907⟩. ⟨hal-00585096⟩